Plant-support.



R. H. COMSTOGK.

PLANT SUPPORT.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 31,1912.

Patented Jan.28,1913.

from the drawing. The ring or brace-rod msrrnn sTArnsra -ENT OFFICE.

ROGER H. COMSTOCK, 0F MILFORD, CONNECTICUT.

PLANT-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent. Prtgnted Jan, 28, 1913, Application filed July 31, 1912. Serial No. 712,429.

with the stake lying in the half-eye and then the half-eye on the clip is placed contiguous but facing in the opposite direction, the hooks upon the clip engaging the bracerod or cross piece on opposite sides of the half-eye therein. The hook it) at the opposite end of the clip is then sprung into engagenient with the stake, as 111 Figs. 1 and The ring or brace-rod is thereby locked rigidly in place so that it cannot be moved upward or downward without springing To all QUILOW'L 2'25 may concern: I

Be it known that I, ROGER H. OoMs'rooK, a citizen of the United States, residing at ivlilford, county of New Haven, State of Connecticut, have invented an Improvement in Plant-Supports, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object to provide a simple and inexpensive plant and bush support adapted for general use in pots and beds, which shall be centrally supported and divided into sections either of which may be opened to permit insertion or removal of plants without bending the plants and which may be easily attached, detached or adjusted.

\Vith these and other objects in View I, have devised the novel plant and bush support of which the following description in connection with the accompanying drawing is a specification, reference characters being used to indicate the several parts.

Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating l a two-ring support detached; Fig. 2 a plan the stake. If required to adjust a ring or bracea-od the hook 19 of the clip is dis engaged from the stake but without disengaging hooks 21 from the cross piece of the ring or the brace rod. The ring or brace-rod may then be adjusted to the required position and locked there by again springing hook 19 into engagement with the stake, the resiliency of the clip causing the contiguous and oppositely faced halfeyes to grip the stake tightly.

It is an important feature of the present invention that it is centrally attached to the stake and does not have to be detached therefrom to place plants within the ring or to remove them therefom, as one end of view of a ring showing the ends detached to open the sections; Fig. 3 a view showing the use of a brace-rod to support the stake from a pot, and Fig. 4: is a perspective view ill t ti th use f my el u p rt in either half-ring may be detached and the connection with a plant in a pot. section opened out without interfering My novel support comprises a stake 1O ordi- I with the other section or the attachment of narily a red, one or more rings 11, a bracethe ring to the stake. This makes it unrod 12 which may or may not be used in connecessary to bend the plant at all. The dinection with a pot, and clips 13 for attaching viding of the ring into sections is also a therings and brace-rod tothe stake. The ring valuable feature as itenables the operator is made from a single piece of wire and cointo remove a portion of a bush or plant prises a cross piece 14: having a half-eye 15 I from the ring for treatment or for any purat its mid-length and two half-rings 16 con pose whatever, leaving the other portion nected to opposite ends of and lying on opfirmly supported. Should it be desirable at posite sides of the cross piece, each half any time to support aplant in four sections ring being provided at its free end with a instead of two, the desired result may be hook 17 adapted to engage the intersection obtained by placing one ring above another of the other half-ring and the cross piece. with the cross pieces at right angles to each The brace-rod 12 is provided at its midother. They may be placed close together length with a half-eye 15 and at its ends if preferred or at a distance apart, as in with hooks l8 suitably shaped to engage the Fig. 1. flange at the upper edge of a flower pot, as Having thus described my invention I clearly shown in Fig. 4c. The clip 13 comclaim:

prises a shank having at one end a hook 1. A plant support comprising a stake, a 19 which is adapted to engage the stake and ring having a cross piece by which it is at the other end a half-eye 20 and on oppo- I divided into sections and means for connectsite sides of the half-eye hooks 21. ing the mid-length of the cross piece to the The mode of fastening rings and bracei stake. rods to the stakes will be clearly understood l 2. A plant support comprising a stake, a

ring consisting of a cross piece and two halfis placed in the desired position on the stake rings, each provided at its free end with a hook 19 of the clip out of engagement with hook adapted to engage the intersection of.

and a clip comprising a half-eye adapted to receive the stake, hooks on opposite sides of the half-eye adapted to engage the cross piece and a hook adapted to be sprung into engagement-with the stake.

4. A ring of the character described comprising a cross piece having a half-eye at its mid-length and half-rings connected to opposite ends of the cross piece and having at their free ends hooks adapted to engage the intersection of the cross piece and the other h a1 f-ring.

5. A ring of the character described comprising a cross piece and half-rings'connectedto opposite ends of the cross piece, the other ends of the half-rings detachably engaging the intersections of the cross piece and half-rings.

6. A plant support comprising a stake, a ring comprising a cross piece and half-rings connected at one end to the cross piece and provided at their other ends with means for detachably engaging the intersections of the cross piece and half-rings and means for connecting the cross piece to the stake.

7. A plant support comprising a stake, a ring having a cross piece with a'half-eye to receive the stake, a brace-rod having hooks at its ends and a half-eye to receive the stake and clips having half-eyes to receive the stake, hooks on opposite sides of the half-eye, for the purpose set forth, and other hooks adapted to be sprung into engagement with the stake whereby the ring and brace-rod are locked in place.

8. A plant support comprising a stake, a ring having a cross piece with a half-eye to receive the stake, a brace-rod having a halfeye to receive the stake, and means for de tachably securing the cross piece and bracerod to the stake.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ROGER COMSTOCK. Witnesses A. M. VVOOSTER, S. W. ATHERTON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained or five cents each, 'by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. C. 

